Welcome to my Man Utd save, where hopefully we can reach spectacular heights while engraving home-grown and youth academy policies into our club again. Hopefully, soon enough, we can rebuild the club and reach the heights of becoming the champions of England, Europe and the World once again. We're not going to splash out on short-term fixes and instead put faith in our young academy stars while also adding in a few home-grown players. Sometimes we may sign a marquee signing or two, but only for the right price otherwise, we will be making mainly smarter signings as well as being on the lookout for any high potential wonderkids.

TRANSFERS INBen Chilwell - LB - Leicester - £70M
We were in need of another left-back, whether or not they were 1st choice or 2nd choice because we can not rely solely on Luke Shaw thanks to his injury problems. Chilwell is also only 21 years of age with huge potential and fits our home-grown status. Although we paid the £70M "ultimate" for this home-grown player, I hope we can justify his price tag as we deal with upcoming Brexit rule changes.

Enzo Millot - RW - AS Monaco - £800K
Enzo is a player who had not agreed to a professional contract at AS Monaco, so we decided to try and sign him with our limited budget and thankfully we could afford the measly compensation fee of £800K.

TRANSFERS OUTJames Garner - CM - Wycombe - Loan
I decided that a loan deal would be best for James and although we did not get many outstanding offers for him, Wycombe did give him a chance to play lots of games in the Sky Bet League One.

PRE-SEASON FRIENDLIES
We started off our pre-season with a 2-0 loss to Aston Villa but we finally found a formation to settle on as we smashed AS Monaco 6-2. We then recorded a 3-0 and 4-0 win over Arsenal and Borussia Dortmund, respectively. This was a great chance for our young players to show their worth which is exactly what the trio of Mason Greenwood, Angel Gomes and Tahith Chong were doing. We followed up our great form with a 13-0 win but our winning streak ended following a 1-1 draw with Bayern. We made up for it with a 2-0 and 1-0 win over Spurs and Juve, respectively. Now that we were in August, we had two very tough friendlies and we have to make the most of them, which is exactly what we did as Barca were beaten 7-1 and we recorded a good enough 1-0 win over Real Madrid.

PRE-SEASON ODDSTitle Odds

We've been predicted to finish 4th with Chelsea in front of us, although I believe we can surpass them and hopefully finish 3rd.

Golden Boot Odds

Salah, Kane and Aguero are the 3 main favourites while Rashford is tipped to be our best chance of winning the award.

Top Player Odds

Salah is once again in the mix for an award as he is tipped to be the Top Player. Paul Pogba is understandably predicted to be our best chance of winning the award.

Top Young Player Odds

Leroy Sane and Bernardo Silva are the two main favourites while Anthony Martial is predicted to be our best chance of winning the award and if I am being honest, I believe Anthony Martial is going to impress this season in our fluid attack.

AUGUST 2018
We started off our Premier League campaign with a 4-0 win over Crystal Palace where Rashford got a hat-trick. Our first away game is against Newcastle, whom we beat 3-1 thanks to Greenwood, Chong and Herrera. Unfortunately, we ended off the month with a 0-0 draw against Burnley.

LEAGUE TABLE
After 3 matches, we sit 5th in the table with plenty of time to rise up.

SEPTEMBER 2018
We had a pretty good month here which started off with a 2-0 win over Spurs followed by a 4-3 loss to Arsenal. We then recorded a 2-2 draw against PSG followed by a 2-1 win over Everton. We then finished off the month with two away 4-1 wins which were against Arsenal in the Carabao Cup 3rd round and Leicester City in the league.

LEAGUE TABLE
We have now risen up to 3rd place and we are trailing 1st place by 3 points following a strong month.

OCTOBER 2018
We started off October with a clean sheet in our 2-0 win over Red Bull Salzburg. We had a big match against Chelsea away from home in which we lost by a goal. Next up, we beat Hoffenheim 2-0 and Bournemouth 2-1. Our clean sheet against Cardiff in our 3-0 win was a great way to sum up our defensive solidarity this month.

LEAGUE TABLE
We sit 4th after a solid month while Lukaku is 2nd in the highest average rating.

NOVEMBER 2018
We had a good month which mainly circulated about the rise of Tahith Chong who contributed important goals to our 3-1 wins over Cardiff and Huddersfield. In the Champions League, we beat Hoffenheim 4-0 but lost to PSG by a sole goal. Following the international break, we recorded a 4-0 win over Fulham where 3 different English players contributed to the 4 goals.

LEAGUE TABLE
We have risen up to 3rd and Chong is 3rd in most assists as he has already racked up 6 assists.

MANAGER OF MONTH
We won Manager of the month in November thanks to our great performances and 100% win ratio.

NEW CONTRACT
Following our solid form, my contract has been extended by 2 more years until June 2021.

DECEMBER 2018
We had a pretty rough and intense month which started off with two derby losses against Liverpool and Man City 2-1 and 2-3. We followed it up with a 1-0 win over Southampton while our strong Champions League campaign continued thanks to our 6-0 win over Red Bull Salzburg. Our rough schedule continued as we beat Wolves 1-0 but succumbed to a 3-2 loss against Liverpool in the Carabao Cup Quarter Final. Our month ended off with 3 EPL games in a week where we drew with Palace 0-0, beat Watford 3-1 and got upset by Brighton 3-1.

LEAGUE TABLE
We had a tough month but we are still doing well as we remain inside the top 4 while Anthony Martial has racked up 6 assists.

BIGGEST WIN
We've recorded the biggest win in Premier League history and are the first team to win by a double-digit scoreline.

FRENCH PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Anthony Martial has come runner-up in the French Footballer of the Year award.

BALON D'OR
Cristiano Ronaldo has won the Balon d'or while Messi came runner-up as Griezmann rounded out the top 3.

WORLD TEAM X11 OF THE YEAR
Good to see one of our own at least make the bench.

JANUARY 2019
We had a pretty strong month but in particular, it was thanks to our 10-0 win over Newcastle in which Paul Pogba contributed to 5 of the goals. This is officially our biggest win in history and is a sign of the peak level our team can reach. Our goalscoring form continued in our 4-1 win over Lincoln and 3-3 draw against Burnley. We had two important games against the teams of London but although we lost against Spurs 1-0, we recovered to beat Arsenal in the Prem 4-0 while we made up for our draw against Burnley by knocking them out of the FA Cup.

LEAGUE TABLE
Even though we have fallen to 5th place, Chong has 9 assists while De Gea has kept 9 clean sheets.

FEBRUARY 2019
Putting aside our 4-0 loss to Everton, we had a very strong month as we recovered to smash Leciester 5-0 while beating Spurs in the FA Cup, recording a draw vs Atletico while beating Chelsea and West Ham in the Premier League.

LEAGUE TABLE
A good month has led to us rising to the top 4 while Lukaku and Martial lead the way for highest average rating while Chong and De Gea have hit double digits for assists and clean sheets, respectively.

YOUTH INTAKE
We have had an amazing youth intake this year at Manchester United with Brian Docker looking to be the standout player. He is a hard-working midfielder with great leadership attributes while we have a very technical playmaker in Justin Lentell and a tough-tackling defender in Sutton while Morton appears to be a good winger for our younger sides.

MARCH 2019
We've had a solid month here in which Mason Greenwood scored 4 goals in the 3 matches he started. Our Premier League campaign is continuing to go strong as we beat Bournemouth 4-0, Cardiff 5-0 and Fulham 1-0 while we advanced in the Champions League in absolutely crazy scenes as Pogba converted a 95th-minute penalty to let us win otherwise we would've lost on away goals. Unfortunately, we weren't able to play the strongest team thanks to our effort that we put in against Atletico Madrid and therefore Liverpool ended our FA Cup campaign in a 2-1 loss against our bitter rivals.

LEAGUE TABLE
With 6 matches remaining, we are 3rd place ahead of Spurs by 5 points and Arsenal by 7 points so we should be safe in terms of making Champions League qualification. Chong is continuing to impress with 12 assists now while De Gea has racked up 14 clean sheets now.

APRIL 2019
We've had an amazing month as we advanced through to the Champions League semi-final thanks to Chong getting a hat-trick in both legs against Roma while we beat Huddersfield, Southampton, Liverpool and Wolves in the Premier League. Although we lost the Manchester Derby, we've managed to have a very promising and impressive month.

LEAGUE TABLE
We are confirmed to finish in 3rd place and we might even finish runner-up if we manage to leapfrog Liverpool. Chong is on 15 assists and Martial is on the highest average rating.

MANAGER OF THE MONTH
A very strong month resulted in us winning the Premier League Manager Of The Month despite playing Liverpool and Man City, who are making up the top 2 right now.

MAY 2019
It's hard to describe this month because Liverpool knocked us out of the Champions League after beating us 5-0 on aggregate but we also beat Brighton 7-0 and Watford 3-1 in the Premier League.

LEAGUE TABLE
The 2018/19 Premier League season has ended with us finishing 3rd with 84 points, 1 point behind Liverpool who finished runner-up. Man City set a high standard as they finished the campaign with 95 points and we are going to have to improve next season if we are to catch up to that level. The London trio of Tottenham, Arsenal and Chelsea were all fighting for the 4th Champions League spot and there was only a 3 point difference between all of them but it was Spurs who prevailed with 70 points while Arsenal and Chelsea finished with 69 and 68 points, respectively. Southampton's breakthrough showcased that they could potentially be a challenging team as they finished 5 points behind 4th and the point difference between them and West Ham, who finished 8th, is the exact same as the point difference between them and Liverpool, who finished runner-up. The 2015-16 Premier League champions, Leicester City, finished 9th while Crystal Palace rouned out the top 10. Brighton, Everton, Bournemouth, Wolves and Fulham made up 11-15th place while Newcastle and Huddersfield narrowly avoided relegation. The 3 teams that are dropping down to the Championship is an interesting bunch as no one would have predicted Watford to finish in last place while Burnley got relegated despite advancing to the Europa League knockout stage from a group that consisted of Rennes, Celtic and Villareal while Cardiff was most expected to get relegated.

END OF SEASON AWARDS
Anthony Martial has deservedly won our Player Of The Season after getting more than half of the fans' vote in a season where he got 17 goals and 13 assists in the league. Chong was our runner-up after he got 10 goals and 15 assists in the league while he got 8 goals in the Champions League. Chilwell was our signing of the season as expected since we only made a few signings while Martial won Young Player Of The Season. Paul Pogba scored many goals and one of them got him the Goal Of The Season award.

SEASON REVIEW
We've had a great season that improved as it went on and we nearly finish 2nd in the EPL while we made the final 4 of the Champions League and got knocked out in the quarter-final of both the EFL Cup and FA Cup by Liverpool.

SQUAD DYNAMICS
The squad dynamics of our squad at the moment is good as we have an excellent dressing room atmosphere and very good managerial support. Our current team leaders are David De Gea, Antonio Valencia who is leaving on a free transfer and Paul Pogba, the main candidate to fill the captain void left by Valencia.

CONFIDENCE REVIEW
The board overall is very pleased with our leadership of the team and in specific with our tactics and dressing room atmosphere.

COMMERCIAL SUMMARY
Rashford who wears the number 10 sold the most shirts ahead of Pogba in second while Lukaku, fan favourite Martial and Alexis Sanchez round up the top 5.

EPL REVIEW
Man City are the Premier League winners while Aubameyang finishes at the Top Goalscorer while Shaqiri racked up 17 assists while Tony Martial got the highest average rating of 7.66.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE REVIEW
Liverpool have won this year's edition of the Champions League by defeating Juventus in the final. Chong has the highest average rating as he was the top goalscorer.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE AWARDS
De Gea and Rashford have finished runner up in Goalkeeper Of The Season and Forward Of The Season, respectively.

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DREAM TEAM
David De Gea was named in the UEFA Champions League Dream Team as he was placed in the goalkeeper position.

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GOLDEN BOOT
Except for Neymar, Tahith Chong is the first player since Kaka in 2006-07 to beat Ronaldo and Messi to the UEFA Champions League Golden Boot award. Another impressive stat in our 19 year old's breakout season.

EPL PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Martial has won Footballer Of The Year after an impressive season.

EPL GOLDEN BOOT
Arsenal's Aubameyang has won the Golden Boot this season as he finished with 28 league goals in 31 matches.

EPL MANAGER OF THE YEAR
Pep Guardiola has taken out the Manager Of The Year award as Man City finished their Premier League campaign with 95 points.

EPL TEAM OF THE YEAR
Two Man Utd players, De Gea and Martial, have been included in the EPL Team Of The Year.

EPL PLAYERS' PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Martial has been voted by the players as the best player this campaign.

EPL PLAYERS' YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Another award that Martial has racked up.

EPL GOLDEN GLOVE
Ederson has broken the record for most clean sheets held and deservedly wins the Golden Glove while De Gea finished 3rd with a respectable 15 clean sheets.

EPL GOAL OF THE SEASON
A Brighton player has taken out the Goal Of The Season.

UK LEAVES EU
These are the new rules regarding work permits.

MAN UTD U23S WIN PREMIER LEAGUE 2
We have been promoted to the English U23 Premier League.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL
Roberto Firmino's double got Liverpool through this interesting match against Juventus.

TRANSFERS INMaximiliano Castillo - ST - Velez - £5M
A youthful striker with good attributes, ability and potential.
Jeremy Doku - LW - Anderlecht - £10M
This guy has impressive attributes for a 17-year-old and he has already played a senior match for Anderlecht.
Kostas Manolas - CB - Napoli - £32.5M
I couldn't resist the temptation to active his relatively cheap release. Hopefully, he can provide intense competition in defence and add his experience to the squad.
Peter Gulaci - GK - RB Leipzig - £17.5M
A home-grown goalkeeper who has got the ability to be the first choice at most Premier League clubs. He is only 29 and got a few more years on him as a goalkeeper and I believe it is shrewd business to add a home-grown player into our squad for £17.5M
Nabil Bentaleb - CM - Schalke 04 - £26M
A homegrown player for a great price who has many more years left on him. He will provide great depth for us.
Kevin Mbabu - RB - Young Boys - £7.5M
We needed a back-up for Dalot at right-back and Mbabu filt the slot perfectly. We got him for a great price and he is also home-grown.
James Ward-Prowse - CM - Southampton - £32.5M
An English player who is only 24 that has got good creativity and amazing ability at set-pieces who also filled our home-grown contingent. He proved himself in the Premier League last season as he scored 5 and racked up 10 assists.
Adrien Rabiot - CM - PSG - Free
Once I found that he was available on a free, it was a no-brainer to sign him. He's going to be valuable to us in midfield with his very well-rounded skills.
Enis Bardhi - CAM - Levante - £15M
World class free-kicks and also quality at corners, long shots and creating chances. 6 goals and 9 assists in La Liga last season for someone this cheap is good business and I am very excited to see how he develops.
Ian Sprudd - CM - Cardiff - £15M
A great high-quality young box to box who is 2nd division ability at the young age of 16. He is two-footed, has a high work-rate and his attributes are quality and well-balanced.
Kalidou Koulibaly - CB - Napoli - £75M
It was a massive transfer but I felt it was needed if we were to surpass Man City in the Premier League and also mount an even stronger challenge in the Champions League. Koulibaly is entering his peak at 28 years of age and his attributes are so amazing while he is still in amazing physical shape. Hopefully with him, conceding goals won't be a problem and less pressure will be put on our attackers to outscore our opponents.

TRANSFERS OUTJuan Mata - CAM - Inter - £20M
Mata was great at creating chances but his age was getting the better of him and didn't suit our style of play but I am sure he will impress in more of a slowed-up league such as the Serie A.
Ander Herrera - CM - PSG - £20M
He had lost his spot to McTominay and once he fell down the pecking order, he immediately started to become surplus to requirements.
Fred - CM - Lokomotiv Moscow - £15M
Didn't impress for us in the fairly limited amount of chances he had and although we made a heavy loss on this one, it was time for him to move on as he was surplus to requirements.
Chris Smalling - CB - Everton - £14.25M
Struggled for game time like Jones and was never going to fit in with our new high-quality influx of centre-backs.
Matteo Darmian - RB - Celtic - £7.5M
Started off the campaign surprisingly well but it eventually died down and he became dead wood that eventually got moved on.
Marcos Rojo - CB - Fiorentina - £5M
Great to get him off the wage bill, was an injury-prone player that would have never broken into the team, even during those rare occasions that he was fit.

Matt Olosunde - RB - Portland - Free
Brenner - ST - Eibar - Loan
Scott McTominay - CM - Porto - Loan
Due to lots of midfield players being signed, I decided it was best for McTominay to leave on loan as I also want to give chances to the young midfield trio of Docker, Lentall and Sprudd.

PRE-SEASON FRIENDLIES
We've had an interesting pre-season but most importantly, we improved towards the end significantly and I feel very confident about the upcoming campaign.

PRE-SEASON ODDSTitle Odds

This is going to be a very competitive Premier League season and I would say we are thereabouts in terms of challenging with Liverpool and Man City for the title and while Chelsea are tipped to finish 4th, I wouldn't discount Spurs while Arsenal might even finish 4th but they are also facing pressure from Everton, West Ham, Leciester, Southampton and Wolves for the 6th spot.

Golden Boot

Defending champion Aubameyang is the favourite to win but Rashford and Lukaku are the two most likely from our club while Aguero, Vardy and Martial are also in the mix.

Top Player Odds

Salah and De Bruyne are the two players tipped to win this award and although Rashford is the most likely from our club, I believe most of our other players have potential to win it as well.

Top Young Player Odds

Dele Alli is the favourite but Martial is in the mix and I expect him to win it.